Simple Butternut Soup

This easy, creamy soup takes just seven ingredients and one pot to prepare. To kick things up a notch, top each bowlful with a sprinkle of the homemade dukkah shown in the photo.

Dukkah

Dukkah is an Egyptian nut-seed-spice blend. This aromatic, crunchy mix is great tossed with roasted vegetables, stirred into cooked grain dishes, or sprinkled on salads, chicken, white fish, or soups.

Food marketing: These 9 foods look healthier than they are

Food marketing can turn processed cereals into fonts of fiber, sugary drinks into fruit, plastic bottles of water into hydration products, and more.

The Straight Shot: Federal vaccine updates - Aug 7, 2025

A regular update on emerging federal vaccine issues. On Aug 7, 2025, this list—drawn from news reports and other information—ranks the most significant changes to vaccination policy, with brief commentary from the editors.

Winter squash: A guide to delicata, honeynut, and more

All winter squashes are healthy, but delicata squash has a milder taste and honeynut squash is sweeter. Bonus: Both are simple to prep and cook.

How unhealthy are Coffee-Mate’s soda creamers?

Coffee-Mate Dirty Soda Creamers are designed for mixing with sugary Dr Pepper or Orange Crush. Here’s how the sugar in the creamer and soda adds up.

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An Act for healthy kids, healthy futures

H.2468/S.1571 would improve the health of Massachusetts youth by making changes in schools and chain restaurants to improve the quality of foods available to kids and protect them from harmful marketing practices that contribute to overconsumption of unhealthy foods. The Problem: eating a balanced diet is essential to ensure optimal health and growth for kids and teens, yet many struggle to achieve this. View the resource below to learn more.

NIH Grants Termination

On April 2, 2025, CSPI’s Litigation Department and its co-counsel at the ACLU and Protect Democracy Project sued the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), challenging the new policy that led to the abrupt and unlawful cancellation of research grants and the halt of the application process for new grants.